Who Says Clouds Are Sad?

Nate:"Hey, look, those clouds look like water."
Banjamin:"Yeah, that's because they ARE water!"

TODAY'S ACTIVITY
Each group made a "Clouds In A Bottle" science experiment with Usha today. While we did not get too deep into it, we did talk about water, clouds, pressure, smoke particles and drops. We chose instead to focus on the process and the outcome. The 'ooohs and aaahs' at their own discoveries were plenty to keep the experiment going time and again.

PARACHUTE GHOST
Yes, I know...we don't do holidays. We don't wear Halloween costumes to school. We sure don't bring or eat any candy at school. But we DO collaborative movement activities to music. I can't really help it if some Eastern European polka music has some sounds like ghosts in it. Basically we rotated slow/fast, high/low until the odd part of the music, where we made a giant "rainbow ghost" (by going underneath) to scare the musical ghosts away. We began by radiating good morning "waves" from each individual to all others in turn. It was enormous fun and a great exercise in turn taking, cooperation and following directions.

TODAY'S STORY
That's Disgusting!, by Pittau and Gervais. The title aptly describes each and every page from mildly yucky to outright nauseating. This book inventories the smell, taste, touch, step, pick, and ooze of about any substance that comes out of a body or creeps on the ground. The children spent half the time listening and looking at the simple, funny pictures and the other half checking others' (and the teachers') faces, which fluctuated between sour and laughing uncontrollably. It was awful. Simply, wonderfully, hilariously awful.